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Composer:
Robert Howard
Title:
Ghost
Instrumentation:
Flexible - 4 lines
Duration:
4 minutes
Difficulty:
Moderate
Programme note:
Ghost takes its title from the art work by Ron Mueck (1998), which is currently on display in the Tate Gallery, Liverpool. Ghost is an extraordinarily realistic larger-than-life-sized mannequin. This model is of a young lady in a swimsuit, with exceptionally long legs and an embarrassed glance about her face. My piece attempts to capture the ghostly, solitary and threatening qualities of the work. Character is depicted in a four note mofif (heard at the beginning) which is transformed across five highly contrasting sections. Ghost was commissioned by COMA for the Autumn Residency at Tate Liverpool in October 2002.
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